06/16/2026
Movie of the now.
Last year I finally decided to look into the He-Man and The Masters Of The Universe franchise and after watching a few episodes of the original Filmation series along with the 2002 series, I was almost immediately enamored and hooked on this franchise.
I’ve truly become a big fan of this franchise and I love watching and learning everything I can about it, from the mythos to how everything came to be.
However if there’s one thing I’ve dread watching it’s the first live action film which is more infamous than famous.
From a terrible critical reception to a lot of changes made due to budgetary reasons, to them stopping filming the movie numerous times due to them running out of money to fund it, to this film almost being solely responsible of not only killing the Masters Of The Universe franchise but also the toy company Mattel as well. The history behind the making of this film that also led to the studio making it, Cannon Films, going bankrupt is a fascinating one and this film seems like it’ll be one huge hot flaming mess.
However over the years, it’s gained a cult following and people seemed to warm up to it. I know my late friend Jeron talked about it back in 2016 and my friend Tyler told me to check it out when we recorded an episode of his podcast a few weeks ago.
So I’m curious to see how this film is and how I’ll enjoy it. My girlfriend knows almost nothing about it outside of what I mentioned but she’s been with me on my whole journey with the MOTU franchise and it’s another destination we’re going to experience together, especially with the new movie that’s out and I am super excited for that one!
So without further ado, let’s go and watch this movie and see how it is.